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Hayom Yom 22 Iyar - A G‑dly innovation the Rebbe and Chassidim are never alone

Day 37 of the Omer

פַּעַם אַחַת הִתְוַעֲדוּ חֲסִידִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים — בִּשְׁנַת תּקמ"ד-ז

Once, at some time in the years 5544-5547 (1784-1787), a group of early chassidim who were farbrengen together

וְתוֹכֶן שִׂיחָתָם הָיָה

spoke of

דעֶר רֶבִּי — רַבֵּנוּ הַזָּקֵן — האָט אוֹיפגעֶטאָן וואָס מעֶן אִיז נִיט עֶלעֶנט

how their Rebbe, the Alter Rebbe, had done away with solitude.

אַמאָל, אִיז דעֶר רֶבִּי — דעֶר רָאשׁ מְתִיבְתָּא אוּן גָּאוֹן — געֶוועֶן עֶלעֶנט

In previous eras, a Rebbe — a rosh yeshivah or a gaon — was alone,

אוּן דִי תַּלְמִידִים זַיינעֶן געֶוועֶן עֶלעֶנט

and his disciples were…

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